Well yes, birth rates are a problem - but the immediate reason we are spending so much on our old people is that our old people are living much longer than when the pension age was set. 100 years ago… (View Post)

But are you thinking of going to Stockport? (View Post)

Back on topic, sort of - while I don't have a favourite tube line*, I do have a favourite bus station. It is Stockport. It's an architectural triumph. Is there any other bus station in the … (View Post)

It's non-optimal to have a mix of fast and slow trains on a two-line train route - because the fast trains catch up with the slow ones. You can fit a good 15trains per hour down a route where ea… (View Post)

I've got that! Also, from the same stable, the Great Game of Britain. The version I have (from about 1984) had a reversible board with one side set in the steam era and the other in the modern d… (View Post)